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Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier Mercenary · {2}{R}{G}{W} · Green/Red/White commander
Haste
When Cloud enters, attach up to one target Equipment you control to it.
Whenever Cloud attacks, draw a card for each equipped attacking creature you control. Then if Cloud has power 7 or greater, create two Treasure tokens.
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What Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhen Cloud enters, attach up to one target Equipment you control to it.
- Triggered ability · attackWhenever Cloud attacks, draw a card for each equipped attacking creature you control. Then if Cloud has power 7 or greater, create two Treasure tokens.
- Keyword · treasuretreasure
- Keyword · hastehaste
What a Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- 16× A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- 10× Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- 26× A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- 14× Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- 8× A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- 4× A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- 5× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
Best cards for Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Exile a permanent you control and return it — the button a value-ETB deck presses
- Airbender Ascension2 mana
- Eldrazi Displacer3 mana
- Eternal Acrobat Toast0 mana
- Conjurer's Closet5 mana
- Distinguished Conjurer2 mana
- Emiel the Blessed4 mana
- Felidar Guardian4 mana
- Restoration Angel4 mana
A creature that HAS the keyword the commander's trigger counts — a card that merely says the word is not one
- Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer1 mana
- Goldvein Hydra1 mana
- Impulsive Pilferer1 mana
- Academy Manufactor3 mana
- Professional Face-Breaker3 mana
- Tireless Provisioner3 mana
- Gala Greeters2 mana
- Magda, Brazen Outlaw2 mana
Make creature tokens — a static anthem or a go-wide commander needs a board to be wide
- Dalkovan Encampment0 mana
- Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon3 mana
- Elenda's Hierophant3 mana
- Hornet Nest3 mana
- Pashalik Mons3 mana
- Esika's Chariot4 mana
- Hero of Bladehold4 mana
- Myrel, Shield of Argive4 mana
A body of the exact type the commander's trigger requires — the wrong type is worthless here regardless of quality
- Lion Sash2 mana
- Lizard Blades2 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Rabbit Battery1 mana
- Crystal Fragments // Summon: Alexander1 mana
- Simian Sling1 mana
- Halvar, God of Battle // Sword of the Realms4 mana
- Ogre-Head Helm2 mana
Equipment and Auras — the things a suit-up commander's trigger and plan are actually made of
- Basilisk Collar1 mana
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Lightning Greaves2 mana
- Swiftfoot Boots2 mana
- Sword of the Animist2 mana
- Shadowspear1 mana
- Paradise Mantle0 mana
- Trailblazer's Boots2 mana
A permanent whose value is in its enter-the-battlefield trigger — the payload a blink deck reuses
- Chrome Mox0 mana
- Temple of Triumph0 mana
- Boros Garrison0 mana
- Cabaretti Courtyard0 mana
- Commercial District0 mana
- Elegant Parlor0 mana
- Gruul Turf0 mana
- Lotus Field0 mana
A team pump that actually pumps tokens
- Intangible Virtue2 mana
- Caretaker's Talent3 mana
- Inspiring Leader3 mana
- Pollen-Shield Hare // Hare Raising2 mana
- Prava of the Steel Legion3 mana
- Mite Overseer4 mana
- Phantom General4 mana
- Mosswort Bridge0 mana
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Delney, Streetwise Lookout3 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Archetype of Aggression3 mana
- Iroas, God of Victory4 mana
- Jetmir, Nexus of Revels4 mana
- Jetmir, Nexus of Revels // Jetmir, Nexus of Revels0 mana
- Elspeth, Sun's Champion6 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Path to Exile1 mana
- Swords to Plowshares1 mana
- Wild Magic Surge2 mana
- March of Otherworldly Light1 mana
- Flicker of Fate2 mana
- Beast Within3 mana
- Generous Gift3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
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